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Human Rights in ASEAN: An Economic Perspective
Oct. 30 | Cheong En Min >> TOC International The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was inaugurated in 1967, during an era of regional conflict and political irascibility, when relations between the pre-nascent member-states were strained. Aside...
Civil Society, QUANGOs and ASEAN
Oct. 25 | Donaldson Tan >> TOC International Government intervention at the ASEAN People’s Forum (18-20 Oct 2009) was two-fold. ASEAN governments should have more faith in civil society. (Top: Burmese Opposition, Civil Society and Pro-Junta QUANGOs...
Richard Magnus as AICHR representative
Oct. 22 | By Fang Shihan What is the AICHR? More information here. FORMER Senior District Judge, Richard Magnus is the new Singapore representative to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is...
Nineteen mainstream dams are stacked back to back
Sep. 30 | Sunny Tan >> TOC International Mr Konethong Phounikhom, a senior civil servant of the Laotian Government told Vientiane Times (July 16 2009) that the planned hydropower projects along the Mekong River would not have negative impact. He is the Chief...
ASEAN Human Rights – Going Forward or Stalled?
Sep. 15 | Donaldson Tan / Deputy Editor With less than 6 weeks to go till the deadline of the launch of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission for Human Rights (AICHR), the Singapore Government has been surprisingly quiet on matters related to the appointment of...
S’pore supports call for amnesty for Aung San Suu Kyi, says George Yeo
Aug. 16 | The following is a doorstop interview with Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr George Yeo, and the visiting Foreign Minister of Thailand, Mr Khun Kasit. TOC thanks Mr Ephraim Loy for allowing us to publish the transcript and pictures which...
All talk, no traction
Jul. 25 | Report from The Irrawaddy: International gatherings like the ones held on the Thai resort island of Phuket last week are seldom much more than talk shops. The ministers who attended the Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the Asean Regional Forum (ARF)...
Free Aung San Suu Kyi
Jun. 1 | Latest: The prevailing CPF Minimum Sum (MS) is being raised from July 1 for those aged 55 years. The new amount is $117,000, up from $106,000. From CNA. Chetan Rogbeer / Pictures by Andrew Loh Around 400 people gathered at Hong Lim Park on Sunday...
Singapore, ASEAN must strongly condemn Myanmar
May. 15 | Update: Singapore ‘dismayed’ over Suu Kyi charges - AFP (Friday, 15 May 2009) Gerald Giam / Senior Writer Myanmar’s opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi has been charged with breaching the terms of her house arrest after an apparently...
PM Lee almost forced to leave by “small boats” in Pattaya
Apr. 14 | From George Yeo’s blog entry: Up on the 12th floor, I could see the red shirts milling around the conference centre, moving hither thither. Soldiers and policemen stood in groups not really engaging them. Not long afterwards, I could hear helicopters...
Principles & pragmatism – can Singapore afford both?
Apr. 2 | Khairulanwar Zaini The naming of an orchid for Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein (left, with George Yeo) sparked widespread revulsion and disgust in the online community; a sentiment that is also shared by this author. The antipathy towards the unholy...
The not-so-universal declaration of human rights
Mar. 11 | Alastair Su During the ASEAN summit two weekends ago, while leaders exchanged assurances of economic cooperation, one issue was left ambiguous: that of human rights. Many had expectations that a human rights committee, an issue long neglected by ASEAN,...
Payback time?
Aug. 14 | Leong Sze Hian / Columnist I refer to media reports that at least three Burmese activists were forced to leave Singapore after authorities decided not to review their visas, and that three Burmese Singapore permanent residents (PRs) will not be allowed...
